PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — More than a month into the government shutdown a three days after the nationwide SNAP cut off, two local mayors will discuss a court order requiring the Trump administration to act on releasing funds.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera will hold a press conference Monday alongside community leaders, nonprofit representatives and workers’ rights organizations to talk about the ruling by a Boston district court judge.

The Providence City Hall event will be held at 10 a.m. as the Trump administration has until noon Monday to respond to the judge’s order .

Rhode Island Congressional leaders will also weigh in on the SNAP pause in at a food drive in Cranston at 11 a.m.

Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, along with Congressm

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